EXO Next Door Mini Sitcom Review.

Over the weekend due to the change of weather, I’ve decided to snug on the couch with my cuppa and relax watching some dramas. I have just discovered a 16 episode of mini-sitcom probably been produced by LINE Naver and SM Entertainment revolving the lives of EXO group. 

Blimey for EXO fans, I bet they have already seen the web drama but it has certainly taken me a while to discover it. Well thanks to D.O’s movies that I’ve watched lately, I’ve decided to run through some of the old series.  EXO Next Door is actually a short series regarding a simpleton girl Ji Yeon Hee actually works for her mother who runs some rental of villas. She has a younger brother Kwang Soo who is a typical dork in sweats all the time and gets adoring attention from her mother.  Yeon Hee is often dubbed as the red faced girl as whenever she is embarrassed, her cheeks will turn very red. She hardly stepped her foot out of the door because of her face. One day she discovers there are new neighbours and spied on them. To her surprise it’s none other than her favourite singing group EXO who has moved next door!

Yeon Hee couldn’t help but to spy on the guys next door seeing how much she adored them. Members Baekhyun and Sehun have fun teasing her however Chan Yeol being the Mr. Grumpy is guilt ridden thinking he caused Suho’s accident which put their EXO activities to a stop. Yeon Hee is forced to be a cleaner at the guys’ villa and she bumped into them quite frequently. Chan Yeol is short tempered and often snaps at her for invading his privacy. Poor Yeon Hee gets embarrassed and runs out the door. D.O being the gentle one quickly comforts her and she gets dreamy on him.  

Sehun bumps into Kwang Soo and the two became best mates. He was hoping to get hand dripped coffee which Kwang Soo grinded the coffee beans on a milestone and even sieved the coffee as if in those traditional days people make herbal medicine. Hah! Surprisingly Se Hun is addicted to the coffee and often hangs around with Kwang Soo in an outdoor tent. The 4 members decided to introduce themselves properly to Yeon Hee since she is a cleaner while Chan Yeol nicknamed her as Incheon Gal since she was born there. He remembers her from childhood days but she has no memory of him.  Baek Hyun gets Yeon Hee to rehearse drama scripts with D.O which made her embarrassed again because it was a love story.

Sehun overheard from Kwang Soo that Yeon Hee definitely likes one of the members and that kept them wondering who it will be. They were in shock when it was revealed Kai is her favourite which kept D.O and Chan Yeol fidgeting away. During a photo shoot, Chen hinted out he wanted to see their new villa cleaner. Tao, Xiumin and Lay are in all agreement hoping to catch a glimpse of her.  Yeon Hee turns up and immediately caught Kai’s attention. Chan Yeol starts to get edgy and wonders how Kai could easily talk to girls. When Kai casually asks Yeon Hee if she really likes him and that really got on D.O’s nerves. Baekhyun and Kai sensed something real fishy in the house when Yeon Hee being very dense.

Later Yeon Hee found out that Chan Yeol is her old childhood friend and his grandpa owns that villa. She was very happy to know that he’s back but now his lifestyle has changed dramatically. D.O asks if she can be his friend, she agrees happily thinking she will be his drama scripts rehearsing partner however she doesn’t realize it has another meaning. D.O gets another shock hearing Chan Yeol asking her out for a date and just then manager tells them Suho has disappeared from the hospital!

Everyone went frantic looking for Suho as he didn’t leave any message. However he answered D.O’s phone call and both knew they are having a difficult time together, unable to mention out their personal problems. Yeon Hee gets all giddy for the date without realizing what happened.

The members started running around and Chan Yeol found Suho at the dancing studio practising on his own. Everyone was happy to know Suho is fine and pulling through the bad times. As they went home, D.O noticed Yeon Hee was waiting at the park in the cold for 4 hours. He pitied her so he informed Chan Yeol about it. Slowly the reality starts to sink into D.O’s mind, it was the first time he reached out to her without any hesitation and asked her to be friends- which didn’t work. He liked her but things turn out the way he wanted to be. It was time to let go.

Soon the members moved out from the villa as they were preparing to get back their concert and activities. Yeon Hee came back to realize EXO has left with a letter from Chan Yeol that he will be back and to take care of herself.  6 months later, she didn’t hear anything from him while she sulked. Her mother tells her to clean the next door villa as new renters are moving in the day. She pouted and went next door only to discover the entire EXO-K members have come back.

To be honest, I really liked Sehun and Kwang Soo’s bromance as they were funny and stoic with poker face expressions. When they called each other ‘brother’ and friend, that cracked me up. They have to part after leaving the villa but it was real funny. As for the triangle relationship- it didn’t really happen but D.O’s story was quite sad when he realized the girl he likes, she merely just adored him as an idol. But his petty jealousy expression was quite adorable when he flicked the fork at Kai.